Edited by Sir Joseph Paxton

The number of plates can vary from copy to copy, although Stafleu & Cowan cite 723 leaves of colored plates (copper engravings and lithographs) in their standard copy. This publication also has numerous uncolored woodcut illustrations printed within the text block area

Engravings by F.W. Smith; lithography by S. Holden; and woodcuts by C.J. Flemin[g] and O. Jewitt

"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers"--Verso of t.p

Plates accompanied by blank tissue guard-sheets

Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit. (2nd ed.)

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration

General indexes and indexes of the coloured figures of plants. in v. 15

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CHMRB has: v. 1-4, v. 7-13 (1834-1846), Feb.-Dec. 1846, only

SCNHRB has two copies, both containing v. 1-16

SCNHRB c. 1 (formerly QK1 .P342 HORT v. 1-16) is imperfect: the title leaf for v. 15, and pages 265-314 of the same volume, are wanting. Some of the folded plates in this copy were inadvertently sewn into the gutter during rebinding, and the edges are closely cropped

SCNHRB c. 1 has stamps on t.p.: 1. Library, U.S. Patent Office, Jul. 2, 1885 (accession nos. 51,555-51,570); 2. Smithsonian Libraries, Apr. 12, 1978

SCNHRB c. 1 has modern smooth brown buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines; each volume (except for v. 4) is housed in an archival paperboard box for preservation

SCNHRB c. 2 (formerly 580.542 .P34 J.D.S. BOT v. 1-16) has stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution Special Collections, Feb., 1930, J.D.S. [John Donnell Smith]. Volumes 5 and 7 have the illegible handwritten autograph of a former owner in ink: [...]igby

SCNHRB c. 2 has modern embossed brown buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines and all edges gilt

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